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Ernest Istook: “We are going to be having a vote in this House in a month on doing something about it, and it is called the Religious…”

On the recordMay 5, 1998
We are going to be having a vote in this House in a month on doing something about it, and it is called the Religious Freedom Amendment, to make it possible for students to have prayer in public schools, to make it possible for the Ten Commandments to be displayed, to make it possible to have holiday displays, recognizing the religious traditions or heritage or beliefs of the people, and to correct the abuses of our first amendment, the beautiful language of the first amendment which has been corrupted by the Supreme Court.
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Ernest Istook
Oklahoma

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Discussing the upcoming vote on the Religious Freedom Amendment related to prayer and religious displays in public schools.

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